The Puzzle of Life (with A.J. Jacobs) - Ep 144
Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger
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The Puzzler Mindset
We have become more intrenched in our own ways of thinking, from a political or from a philosophical or moral point of view. One strategy that i found effective is when i'm talking to someone from the other side of the political spectrum, instead of trying to o see it as a war, a war of words, and i'm going to beat them down with my rhetoric. This is the puzzler mind set, is what i call it. And there are studies that show this is the way to change people's minds. You're not going to changed people's minds by berating them. You're going to change it with curiosity, in asking questions and seeing it almost as a co
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